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Lebbeus Woods Quotes: Architecture and war are not incompatible. Architecture is war. War is architecture. I am at war with my time, with history, with all authority that resides in fixed and frightened forms.
         

Architecture and war are not incompatible. Architecture is war. War is architecture. I am at war with my time, with history, with all authority that resides in fixed and frightened forms.


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Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions of living.

Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions of living.



Architecture is about ideas in the first place. You don't get to design until you have an idea.

Architecture is about ideas in the first place. You don't get to design until you have an idea.



A lot of my work is about questioning the stability and permanence of architecture, and, in turn, the stability of society.

A lot of my work is about questioning the stability and permanence of architecture, and, in turn, the stability of society.



Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse.

Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse.



Gravity is the insidious enemy of the animate.

Gravity is the insidious enemy of the animate.



I've always been interested in the idea of the artificial landscape. Reforming the landscape. Architecture being a method of reforming the earth's surface.

I've always been interested in the idea of the artificial landscape. Reforming the landscape. Architecture being a method of reforming the earth's surface.





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